Pile fabric



w. F. MILLER Dec. 130, 1930.

FILE FABRIC Filed Oct.

wAureR' E mwLcR INVENTOR ATTQRNEY Patented Dec. 30, .1930

UNITED STATES; PATENT OFFICE WALTER E. MILLER, F FIR-EEHOLD, NEW JERSEY, assienoit To A. & ii. KAi'tA- ennusmn, me, or NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE PILE FABRIC Application filed detober 18, 1929. Serial No. 400,572.

This invention relates to the art of weaving pile fabrics. I A

An object of the invention is the provision of an improved formof rug weave adapted to produce, from a relatively small number of primary color yarns, a fabric having, in appearance, a pattern containing many more colors.

Another object is the provision of a method of weaving whereby a loom of a given number of frames may be used to produce a fabric pattern appearing to include many more colors than said given number. ,v-L'

A further object is to provide a method of weaving, on a Jacquard loom, a two shot pile fabric having the same pattern on the front side and back side. v

In accordance with my invention I produce, from several primary colors a larger number of color effects in the pattern of a finished pile fabric, by arranging in the open-' ing formed between intersecting pairs of binder and filler threads, pile threads of different colors in equal numbers. In most cases one thread of one color and a second thread of a different color will be used in each opening, but more than one thread of each color may be furnishedif desirable. This arrangement of the pile produces an inti-' so mate mixture of yarns of two or more pri- .mary colors, which creates the optical illu-,

sion of a third and different, or secondary color, by a blending of said primary colors.

It is, therefore, possible, for example, to produce on a three frame loom a fabric having three primary colors and three secondary colors, or blends.

I I may obtainthis effect on a Jacquard loom arranged to produce Brussels or Wilton type fabric, and at the same time produce the same pattern front and back on the fabric, by making a two shot weave wherein the warp yarn used to produce a tuft in the pat tern is carried below a first shot of the ground weft, over the second and third and under the fourth shot. The warp yarn forming the second and differently colored tuft longitudinally of the fabric is carried below the third shot of ground weft, above the fourth and' r; fifth and under the sixth shot.

- The above mentioned and other objects and advantages and the manner of attaining them will be made clear in the following description and accompanymg drawings.

In the drawing Fig. I is a diagram illus trating my improved method of weaving pile fabrics. The diagram shows the operation fabric.

Fig. 2 is a'face view of a finished fabric showing the color 'blendin effect.

Referring more particu arly'to the drawings reference numerals 1 and 2 indicate the ground chain threads which pass over and pile under alternate shots of the weft 3, 4, 5, 6,

7, 8 in theiusual manner.

9 indicates a pile color thread, for example, blue, which passes below weft shot 3. producing the pattern on the back of the fabric,

then over weft shot 4 and pile wire 9 and finally over weft shot 5 and under weft shot 6 to an inactive position between successive shots, where it lies until again needed for the pattern. The next color thread appearing in the pattern, indicated by 10, which may be red, passes under weft shot 5, then over weft shot 6 and wire 11 and finally over shot 7 and under shot 8 to an inactive position.

Upon withdrawal of the pile wires 9", 11.

the pile loop may or may not. be cut, de-

pending on the type of wireused: If the loop is cut two thread ends of different colors aptweenepairs of weft threads, for example.

15, 16 and the cooperating binder and ground 'pear side by side in opening 12, formed besion is so perfectthatat a distance of several feet the mixed colors blend together. completely and appear to be an entirely different color or shade altogether.

In accordance with this invention a five frame fabric, wherein a single thread is used to produce a pile loop, may be made with a pattern appearing to have fifteen different colors or shades. If more than onecolor of yarn be used for a single pile loop additional colors and shades might be obtained. -When the pile is cut, as in a Wilton carpet, the ends of the cut yarn spread out and intermingle so that the color illusion is even better than in theuncut or Brussel type of fabric. But

it will be understood that the invention may be used successfully with a fabric having uncut pile as well as with one having'cut pile.

If it is desired to produce a pattern solely of primary colors. which will appear both front and back on the fabric this may be done, still in two shot manner, by causing the color yarn to pass over and under successive weft slfi'olt s as indicated by 14, at the right h and end 0 ig. 1. K

It will be obvious to those skilled in the art that the invention is capable of various modifications and adaptions and that the present disclosure is intended merely to illustrate its nature without limiting its scope, which is defined in the following/claims.

What I claim is: 4 i

1. A two shot multi-color pile fabric the pattern of which is formed of a plurality of yarn threads of diflerentindividual colors, comprising a plurality of weft shots interwoven with ground chains, wherein a pattern forming yarn passes under a first weft shot. over a second weft shotand: above the ground chain to form a pile loop, and finally over a third shot and under a fourth shot.

2. A pile fabric in accordance with claim 1 wherein said pattern forming yarn is of one color and a second pattern forming yarn is interwoven, said second yarn being of a difierent color and passing under the third weft shot, over the fourth and above the ground chain to form a pile loop, over the fifth and under the sixth shot.

3. A single pile two shotrnulti-color fabric hav ng the same pattern on the back side and front side wherein two pattern forming a threads. each of a difl'erent color are posit-ioned side by side and interwoven with weft shots and a binder chain. one of said threads passlng under a first weft shot, over the second and above the ground chain to form a pile loop, over a third shot, and under the fourth and fifth shots. and the other of said threads passing under said third shot.

j, oversaid fourth and above the ground chain September, 1929.

to form a pile loop, over a fifth shot, and

under a sixth shot. v

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification this 27th day of WALTER F. MILLER. 

